Patents by Inventor Shotaro Tanaka

Shotaro Tanaka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240097194
    Abstract: A novel ionic liquid is provided. A highly safe secondary battery with high charge and discharge capacity is provided. The ionic liquid includes a cation represented by General Formula (G1) and an anion represented by Structural Formula (200). In the formula, X1 to X3 each independently represent any one of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine. One of X1 to X3 may be hydrogen. In addition, n and m each independently represent 0 to 5. Furthermore, a secondary battery including the above-described ionic liquid is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kaori OGITA, Kazuya SHIMADA, Takashi HIRAHARA, Fumiko TANAKA, Shotaro MURATSUBAKI, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240097278
    Abstract: A secondary battery with little deterioration is provided. A secondary battery with high safety is provided. A separator having excellent characteristics is provided. A separator achieving the secondary battery with high safety is provided. A novel separator is provided. In the separator, a polymer porous film and a layer including a ceramic-based material containing a metal oxide microparticle are stacked, the thickness of the layer including a ceramic-based material is greater than or equal to 1 ?m and less than or equal to 100 ?m, and the film thickness of the polymer porous film is greater than or equal to 4 ?m and less than or equal to 50 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kaori OGITA, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Shuhei YOSHITOMI, Fumiko TANAKA, Shotaro MURATSUBAKI, Teppei OGUNI
  • Patent number: 11487007
    Abstract: An object detection device is applied to an object detection system which includes an object detection sensor installed in a vehicle so as to be oriented outward to detect an object around the vehicle. The object detection device includes: an error-handling control section that notifies a user of a detection error, if any, occurring in the object detection sensor, and brings the object detection system into an error-handling state; an action determination section that determines whether an error correction action has been performed by a user to correct the detection error, under conditions where the user has been notified of the detection error occurring in the object detection sensor; and a cancellation control section that relaxes predetermined cancellation conditions for cancelling the error-handling state when the error correction action is determined to have been performed, compared to when not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nomura, Shotaro Tanaka, Mitsuyasu Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20220021954
    Abstract: Proposed is an information collection system and method capable of reliably collecting information even from sensors installed at locations where a vehicle cannot pass through, and also promptly collecting information of urgent nature. Each sensor not positioned on a route travelled by a travel vehicle transmits, to sensors of a subsequent stage in multihop wireless communication preset so that information is aggregated in a predetermined sensor positioned on the route travelled by the travel vehicle, information transmitted from sensors of a preceding stage in the multihop wireless communication, as well as its own information, and the sensor positioned on the route travelled by the travel vehicle transmits the aggregated information to a receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Keisuke UCHIGATA, Kousuke SHIBATA, Shotaro TANAKA, Takashi TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 10363348
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump for pumping blood includes a housing 2 with a housing main body 20, a blood inlet port 25, and a blood outlet port 26. A rotary body 3 is rotatably accommodated inside the housing main body 20, and a support mechanism 4 supports the rotary body 3. The support mechanism 4 is provided with a rod-like shaft member 5, and a first bearing 6 and a second bearing 7 which respectively and rotatably support end portions of the shaft member 5. The first bearing 6 is provided with a protruding portion 62 which protrudes in an eccentric manner with respect to a rotation center O when viewed from an upstream side of a blood flow, so that the protruding portion shields a counter-rotating, longitudinal side of the shaft member from exposure to the main flow of blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shotaro Tanaka, Yosuke Itamochi
  • Publication number: 20190212443
    Abstract: An object detection device is applied to an object detection system which includes an object detection sensor installed in a vehicle so as to be oriented outward to detect an object around the vehicle. The object detection device includes: an error-handling control section that notifies a user of a detection error, if any, occurring in the object detection sensor, and brings the object detection system into an error-handling state; an action determination section that determines whether an error correction action has been performed by a user to correct the detection error, under conditions where the user has been notified of the detection error occurring in the object detection sensor; and a cancellation control section that relaxes predetermined cancellation conditions for cancelling the error-handling state when the error correction action is determined to have been performed, compared to when not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Takuya NOMURA, Shotaro TANAKA, Mitsuyasu MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20190108082
    Abstract: A management system with high maintainability capable of promptly achieving fault recovery is provided. The management system includes: a storage unit that stores event information of events, which have occurred in each of the plurality of applications, and related information indicative of a relation between applications with respect to the plurality of applications; an input unit that inputs information of an application which is an analysis origin from among the plurality of applications; an identification unit that identifies applications related to the application, which is the analysis origin, based on the related information stored in the storage unit; and an extraction unit that extracts the event information of the application, which is the analysis origin, and the event information of the related applications from the event information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Shotaro TANAKA, Maki TSUDA, Taiki EIRAKU, Shingo KATANO
  • Publication number: 20170143884
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump for pumping blood includes a housing 2 with a housing main body 20, a blood inlet port 25, and a blood outlet port 26. A rotary body 3 is rotatably accommodated inside the housing main body 20, and a support mechanism 4 supports the rotary body 3. The support mechanism 4 is provided with a rod-like shaft member 5, and a first bearing 6 and a second bearing 7 which respectively and rotatably support end portions of the shaft member 5. The first bearing 6 is provided with a protruding portion 62 which protrudes in an eccentric manner with respect to a rotation center O when viewed from an upstream side of a blood flow, so that the protruding portion shields a counter-rotating, longitudinal side of the shaft member from exposure to the main flow of blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Shotaro Tanaka, Yosuke Itamochi
  • Patent number: 9429160
    Abstract: A centrifugal blood pump reliably prevents blood from entering between an impeller and a shaft member. Pump 1 includes a pump chamber 24, a housing 2 including a blood inlet 25 and a blood outlet 26, an impeller 3 as a centrifugal force applying member rotatably encased in the pump chamber 24 and applying a centrifugal force to the blood Q by the rotation of the impeller 3. A support mechanism 4 supports impeller 3 rotatably with respect to the housing 2. The support mechanism 4 includes a rod-shaped shaft member 41 disposed at the rotation center of the impeller 3. Shaft member 41 and the impeller 3 are formed integrally with each other, as by insert molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shotaro Tanaka, Koko Kumano
  • Patent number: 9299477
    Abstract: An electrically conductive film has an electrically conductive layer on at least one side, which is a thermoplastic resin film in which the electrically conductive layer contains a carbon nanotube (A), a carbon nanotube dispersant (B) and a binder resin (C), the total of contents of (A), (B) and (C) in the electrically conductive layer is 90% by weight or more relative to the entire electrically conductive layer, and weight rates of (A), (B) and (C) satisfy the following, and a weight ratio of (B) and (A) ((B)/(A)) is 0.5 or more and 15.0 or less: (A) 1.0 to 40.0% by weight, (B) 0.5 to 90.0% by weight, and (C) 4.0 to 98.5% by weight (provided that the total of contents of (A), (B) and (C) is let to be 100% by weight).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Ota, Yasushi Takada, Shotaro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9178709
    Abstract: A wireless communication system performs high-quality communication using Multicast communication where re-transmission processing is performed. The wireless communication system includes a program distribution unit for distributing a program using the Multicast communication; a first communication path for transmitting the program distributed from the program distribution unit; first communication units; user terminals; and a second and the user terminal and is also a wireless communication path where the re-transmission of a frame is performed, wherein the first communication unit selects a Multicast frame of a program requested by the user terminal from the first communication path, converts the selected Multicast frame into a Unicast frame, and transmits the converted Unicast frame to the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Higashida, Shotaro Tanaka, Yasuaki Sakanishi, Seiji Horita, Tadayuki Inoue, Kenshi Taniguchi, Toshihiro Ezaki
  • Publication number: 20150217532
    Abstract: A transfer film having a transfer layer disposed on a support film provided with the concave-convex structure, wherein the transfer layer includes a shape retaining layer and an adhesive layer, both the shape retaining layer and the adhesive layer containing a condensation product of a metal alkoxide, and the support film, the shape retaining layer, and the adhesive layer being disposed in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Emi Kuraseko, Susumu Takada, Motoyuki Suzuki, Shotaro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130264525
    Abstract: An electrically conductive film has an electrically conductive layer on at least one side, which is a thermoplastic resin film in which the electrically conductive layer contains a carbon nanotube (A), a carbon nanotube dispersant (B) and a binder resin (C), the total of contents of (A), (B) and (C) in the electrically conductive layer is 90% by weight or more relative to the entire electrically conductive layer, and weight rates of (A), (B) and (C) satisfy the following, and a weight ratio of (B) and (A) ((B)/(A)) is 0.5 or more and 15.0 or less: (A) 1.0 to 40.0% by weight, (B) 0.5 to 90.0% by weight, and (C) 4.0 to 98.5% by weight (provided that the total of contents of (A), (B) and (C) is let to be 100% by weight).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Ota, Yasushi Takada, Shotaro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130251516
    Abstract: A centrifugal blood pump reliably prevents blood from entering between an impeller and a shaft member. Pump 1 includes a pump chamber 24, a housing 2 including a blood inlet 25 and a blood outlet 26, an impeller 3 as a centrifugal force applying member rotatably encased in the pump chamber 24 and applying a centrifugal force to the blood Q by the rotation of the impeller 3. A support mechanism 4 supports impeller 3 rotatably with respect to the housing 2. The support mechanism 4 includes a rod-shaped shaft member 41 disposed at the rotation center of the impeller 3. Shaft member 41 and the impeller 3 are formed integrally with each other, as by insert molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shotaro Tanaka, Koko Kumano
  • Patent number: 8414964
    Abstract: An electrically conductive film has an electrically conductive layer on at least one side, which is a thermoplastic resin film in which the electrically conductive layer contains a carbon nanotube (A), a carbon nanotube dispersant (B) and a binder resin (C), the total of contents of (A), (B) and (C) in the electrically conductive layer is 90% by weight or more relative to the entire electrically conductive layer, and weight rates of (A), (B) and (C) satisfy the following, and a weight ratio of (B) and (A) ((B)/(A)) is 0.5 or more and 15.0 or less: (A) 1.0 to 40.0% by weight, (B) 0.5 to 90.0% by weight, and (C) 4.0 to 98.5% by weight (provided that the total of contents of (A), (B) and (C) is let to be 100% by weight).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Ota, Yasushi Takada, Shotaro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110176432
    Abstract: A radio communication system includes radio terminal apparatuses each arranged at a previously determined position, radio base station apparatuses for holding radio communications with these apparatuses, and a communication system controller for communicating with the respective radio terminal apparatus via the respective radio base station apparatuses connected thereto via a LAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Seiji Horita, Shotaro Tanaka, Yasuaki Sakanishi, Masaaki Higashida, Tadayuki Inoue, Kenshi Taniguchi, Toshihiro Ezaki
  • Publication number: 20100215945
    Abstract: An electrically conductive film has an electrically conductive layer on at least one side, which is a thermoplastic resin film in which the electrically conductive layer contains a carbon nanotube (A), a carbon nanotube dispersant (B) and a binder resin (C), the total of contents of (A), (B) and (C) in the electrically conductive layer is 90% by weight or more relative to the entire electrically conductive layer, and weight rates of (A), (B) and (C) satisfy the following, and a weight ratio of (B) and (A) ((B)/(A)) is 0.5 or more and 15.0 or less: (A) 1.0 to 40.0% by weight, (B) 0.5 to 90.0% by weight, and (C) 4.0 to 98.5% by weight (provided that the total of contents of (A), (B) and (C) is let to be 100% by weight).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Ota, Yasushi Takada, Shotaro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100147577
    Abstract: A method produces a conductive substrate wherein a metal fine particle layer is laminated onto at least one surface of a base in a network form. This method includes a step for treating the metal fine particle layer with an organic solvent; and a following step for treating the metal fine particle layer with an acid. Also disclosed is a conductive substrate produced by such a method. This method enables to produce a conductive substrate, which has transparency and high conductivity and is thus suitable for electromagnetic shielding films and the like, with high productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Torqy Industries, Inc., a corporation of Japan
    Inventors: Shotaro Tanaka, Junpei Ohashi, Yasushi Takada
  • Publication number: 20100136288
    Abstract: A conductive substrate includes a metal fine particle layer laminated onto at least one surface of a substrate in a random network form; a resin layer including a resin having an anionic ionic group laminated at an opening portion of a network of the metal fine particle layer and in contact with the metal fine particle layer; and a plated metal layer laminated onto the metal fine particle layer and in contact with the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shotaro Tanaka, Junpei Ohashi, Yasushi Takada
  • Patent number: 7626128
    Abstract: A conductive film has transparency and a high level of electrical conductivity, which is used for an electromagnetic interference film hardly causing a moiré phenomenon, and the like. To achieve the above-mentioned aim, the following disclosure is disclosed. A conductive film in which a conductive portion of a random network structure is present on at least one surface of a base film, a line width of the conductive portion composing the network structure is 30 ?m or less, an area of portions where the conductive portion is not present is 50% or more with respect to an area of the conductive film, and an average of ratios of a major axis length to a minor axis length of an area surrounded by the network of the conductive portion, in which the base film is exposed, is larger than 1 and is equal to or less than 3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Takada, Shotaro Tanaka, Junpei Ohashi